[Cyber action FR/EN] [Vivisection] POM Wonderful or Dreadful ? Juice Maker Conducts Animal Tests

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Dans le passé, Welch Food, Inc. avait pratiqué des expériences sur des

animaux pour étudier les bénéfices pour la santé du jus de raisins.

L'été passé, Welch Food, Inc. s'est engagé à ne plus recourir à

l'expérimentation animale(1). Il n'y a aucun doute que ce changement de

politique s'explique en grande partie grâce aux défenseurs des animaux

agissant et menaçant de boycoter Welch Food, Inc. jusqu'à ce que

l'entreprise ait

cessé de tester son jus de raisins sur des animaux.

 

Maintenant il semble qu' une autre compagnie, POM Wonderful (2), un

distributeur du jus de grenade dont le chiffre d'affaires annuel est de

50 millions de dollars, s'engage également dans l'expérimentation

animale.

 

La suite de l'article ci-dessous en anglais.

 

Merci de protester auprès de :

 

Matthew Tupper, President

POM Wonderful, 11444 West Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064

phone: (310)966-5800

e-mail: customerservice.

 

 

(1) http://www.caringconsumer.com/products_welchs.asp

(2) http://www.pomwonderful.com/

 

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POM Wonderful or Dreadful? Juice Maker Conducts Animal Tests

 

In the past, Welch Food, Inc. had conducted research on animals to

investigate the health benefits of drinking grape juice. This past

summer, Welch Food, Inc. pledged to end its animal research. There’s no

doubt that this change in policy occurred due in large part to animal

advocates taking action and pledging to boycott Welch’s until it

stopped testing its grape juice on animals.

 

Now it seems that another company, POM Wonderful, a global distributor

of pomegranate juice that is raking in annual sales of over $50

million, is also engaging in animal research. According to The Los

Angeles Business Journal, owners of POM Wonderful, Lynda and Steve

Resnick, funded $15 million in research investigating the health

benefits of pomegranate juice, some of which involved animal testing.

 

Reportedly, researchers lowered oxygen levels in newborn mice, causing

brain injuries, and forced "their mothers to drink water mixed with

pomegranate concentrate." Other studies investigated the effects of

pomegranate juice on the hardening of the arteries in mice and erectile

dysfunction in rabbits. POM President Matthew Tupper has confirmed this

information, stating that POM Wonderful has supported "a limited amount

of animal testing."

 

Pomegranates have been used medicinally for centuries, and their

therapeutic properties have become widely discussed in recent years. It

is believed that the fruit, with roots dating back to Biblical times,

possesses extremely high levels of antioxidants, substances known to

promote good health. Studying the beneficial effects of pomegranates

could lead to new, exciting discoveries that might benefit thousands of

people. But using animals to test these potential health benefits could

produce unreliable data.

 

This is clearly an area of research where clinical and epidemiological

studies could flourish, generating applicable information because

humans are used as the test subjects. For example, The New York Times

reported in July that a study of 50 males who suffered from prostate

cancer found that all 50 showed marked improvement after drinking one

glass of pomegranate juice a day. Although these results are

preliminary, the study has produced information that is directly

applicable to human conditions, unlike the animal research studies that

have been supported by POM Wonderful.

 

What you can do!

 

Please contact the President of POM Wonderful and ask him to implement

a new compassionate policy that ends the use of animal research to

investigate the health benefits of drinking pomegranate juice. Tell him

that research using human subjects is much more humane, ethical, and

reliable.

 

Matthew Tupper, President

POM Wonderful, 11444 West Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064

phone: (310)966-5800

e-mail: customerservice.

 

 

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